CNG 102, Lot: 692. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. BI Tetradrachm (32mm, 15.31 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed bust left / Orodes seated left, holding scepter and Nike, who crowns him with wreath; pellet below throne. Sellwood 48.1 var. (no pellet); Sunrise 377. VF, toned, hint of deposits, a few light cleaning scratches, graffiti in obverse field.